Supreme Court urges chiefs of HCs to review stalled trials
New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday urged the chief justices of all high courts to urgently review criminal cases involving serious offences such as murder, rape and dowry deaths where trials have been stalled for years due to interim orders.
The top court asked them to expedite those cases, cautioning that such prolonged stays would amount to a "mockery of justice".
The directions came while dealing with what the bench of justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan described as a "disturbing" and "painful" case of a dowry death from Rajasthan, where the criminal trial has remained stalled for over two decades because of a stay granted by the high court....
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